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SEPARABLE BUTTON.

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NAJAH TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,626, dated August 29, 1852.

Application tiled June 24, 18852. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAJAIITAYLOR, of the city, county, and .State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Separable Buttons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part Ot' this specication, 1n which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the button seen from its foot. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the inner side of the button-head and its stem. Fig. is a side elevation of` the same, the head b ng shown in section. Fig. 5 is a sectional si elevation ot' the foot and its hollow stem. ig. Gis a plan view of the inner side of the same, the hollow stem being shown in section through the line cc x, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 1s a plan view of the 'button-foot. Y

.The object of thisfinvention is to promote simplicity of construction, convenience of ma-l nipulation, andasafety in the use of separable buttons.

'lhe invention consists in a separable button constructed with a head having a rigid stem provided with an oblong disk, and a foot having a recessed. aperture and an oblon g hollow stem. Upon the head-stem is placed an oblong sleeve and a spiral spring, whereby the parts of the button can be readily locked and unlocked, and when locked will be held securely in place, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the head of the button, which may be of any of the ordinary constructions.

To the center of the lower side ot' the head A is soldered or otherwise attached a stem, B, having a small oblon g disk, C, attached to its lower end. Upon the stem B is placed an oblong sleeve, D, a little shorter than the stem B, and having its inner end open. The outer end of the sleeve D is closed, and has a hole form ed through its center for the passage of the stem B. The outer end ot' the sleeve D is made a little larger than the disk G, so as to project beyond and form a narrow shoulder all around the said disk when the longer diameters of the said sleeve and disk are parallel with each other, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The outer end of the sleeve D is held out against the disk G by a spiral spring, E, placed upon the stem B, with its outerend resting against the closed outer end of the said sleeve, and its inner end resting against a block, F, of the same shape as the said sleeve, and of such a-size as to iit into the inner end of the sleeve to center it upon the stem B and prevent an openingfrom being formed at the inner end of the sleeve. The block Fis loose upon the stem B, so that it will turn with the sleeve D.

G is the foot of the button, which may be of any of the ordinary constructions. In the ceuter of the foot Gr is formed an opening of such a shape aswould be produced by forming two apertures through the said foot of the shape and size ot' the disk C and crossing each other at right angles at their centers.

To the inner side ofthe foot Gis attached a hollow oblong stem, H, of such a size as toreceive and fit upon the sleeve D, as lshown in Fig. l, and of such a length that when placed upon the said sleeve D its free end will beilush` with the inner end of the said sleeve, as shown in Fig. 1. The hollow stem H is attached to the foot G insuch a position that its longer diameter will be parallel with one of the longer diameters of the opening through the said foot, so that the inner edge of the foot G will project, as shown in Fig. 6, for the end or shoulder of the sleeve D to strike against, as shown in Fig. l. With this arrangement, the shorter diameter of the hollow stem H will be parallel With the other longer diameter of the opening in the foot G, so that the side edges ofthe end'of the said hollow stem will cross two opposite'recesses of the opening in the foot G, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. With this construction, when the sleeve, D is inserted in the hollow stem H the end or shoulder of the said sleeve will strike against the inwardly-projecting edge ot' the foot G. Then by pressing` down upon the head A the disk C will project through the aperture inthe foot G, and by 95 turning the head A through a quarter of a revolution the end parts of the disk C will enter the other recesses of the aperture through the foot G, and will rest upon the side parts of the end edge of the hollow stem H, locking the IOO v O, the oblong sleeve D, and the spiral spring parts of the button together. The parts of the button are separated by pressing the head downward to raise the disk C above the foot G, and then turning the head through one-quar- `ter of a. revolution, when the head and its attachments can be Withdrawn from the foot Gr and hollow stem H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A separable button constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and oonsisting of the head A, having stem and disk B NAJAH TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWICK. 

